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Re: Off season Rumors and Speculation

Instead of the Pacers being interested in Josh Howard, I'd really like for the Pacers to take a look at DJ White. Can't believe this guy is a year younger than Hans. Would be a great backup PF off the bench and insurance in case Hans continues his horrid play. Has a lot of talent.

He might be able to score more efficiently than Hans, but he's also a worse rebounder than Hans is. We definitely don't need another below average rebounding PF.

Re: Off season Rumors and Speculation

Princeton Offense For the Lakers?

Last season the Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching staff was anything but a cohesive unit, and the fact that they were trying to install an entirely new offense on the fly didn’t help matters. Lakers head coach Mike Brown’s efforts to teach his team a new offensive game plan was hindered by the lockout-shortened season, and it was threatened to be hindered even further by the departures of assistants Ettore Messina and Quin Snyder, who received coaching offers from CSKA Moscow that were too lucrative to pass on.

According to reports, Brown has found a solution to his offensive problem, as the Lakers will soon add former Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers head coach Eddie Jordan to his staff.

Jordan is a disciple of the Princeton offense, which was developed and perfected at Princeton University by coach Pete Carril. Carril was a long-time assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings and helped Rick Adelman translate the offense to the NBA.

The Princeton offense revolves around constant motion, passing and backdoor cuts, all of which should be familiar to fans of the Kings, Houston Rockets, and now the Minnesota Timberwolves, as Adelman has enjoyed a great deal of success with the offense. Eddie Jordan had less success, though that was due largely to the unreasonable number of injuries he had to deal with as a head coach. Mike Brown believes Jordan is the perfect person to help him implement the same offense in Los Angeles.

HOOPSWORLD’s Eric Pincus says the Lakers have already put a lot of time and thought into how they can go about implementing the Princeton offense, and adding Jordan to the coaching staff may be the final piece to that puzzle.

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
I'm (maybe) back after being repetedly banned, merely for supporting a different NFL team than do certain forum moderators.

Fascinated by the Princeton offense news. Should work well with Nash, no?

Should work well with Nash and Paul Gasol. Don't know about Bynum, probably OK. Kobe, not so much. The Princeton Offense should last until Kobe has 6 shots in the first half. and decides he can't score 25 ppg without the ball.

By the end of the season, the Lakers are going to be just like always. schizophrenic offensively, with one offense for Kobe and another for everyone else.

Re: Off season Rumors and Speculation

idk, it seems like a stupid offense to run with Nash and Bynum.
Kobe would need to adjust, but it seems like the bigger adjustment will be for those other two.
Nash will be a major upgrade no matter what they run. He will shoot, he'll recognize weaknesses and penetrate, pass. He'll be a fine Princeton player. But this is overkill. They ought to just let Nash run the offense. It seems like they'll be going out of their way to take the ball out of Steve's hands.

Re: Off season Rumors and Speculation

How many free agents received that are 1 year deals with Player options? It would seem that there are a lot of 1 or 2 year deals for this years crop of free agents. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing that has been a result of the new NBA. A lot of Players are signing at very reasonable shot term contracts.

If I were a betting man, I would guess that Howard would be traded no later than a few days before Training Camp starts. The majority of the Players from last season that could be included in the trade would all be waiting in limbo waiting for this fiasco to end. That level of uncertainty isn't good to have hanging around the team like a dark cloud going into the start of the season.